Canadian cancer survivours: application deadline is January 18th - Action Group renewal | Canadian Partnership Against Cancer

Guest Book for (Kat) Laurie Star Rosenthal – Online Guest Book by Vancouver Sun and The Province and Legacy.com.

January 4th, 2010 - includes gynecologic oncology - The Stupid Cancer Show on Blog Talk Radio

Patient Voices: Where Are They Now?

Forty Years' War - Old Ideas Spur New Approaches in Cancer Fight - Series - NYTimes.com

"Dear Cancer" - Varian RapidArc's Letter Writing Campaign "Dear Cancer"

Note: at this moment the website shows that 1,770+ letters have been written, only 14 ovarian cancer contributions
(to check out the website click on the logo for further information)

Remembering Kat (Star) Rosenthal - Vancouver obituary Jan 2, 2010

ROSENTHAL, Laurie Star (Kat)

Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Colorectal Cancer: A Panacea or Just an Obstacle Course for the Patient?

comment: although this discussion is related to colorectal cancer, awareness of these concerns is relevant to our community, I believe

Journal of Pediatric Surgery : Can we preoperatively risk stratify ovarian masses for malignancy?

"1- to 8-year age group had the highest percentage of malignancies"

7th European Congress: Perspectives in Gynecologic Oncology 29-30 January 2010 Spain

Statins and Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women without Hormone Therapy — Anticancer Research

Single agent carboplatin versus carboplatin plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in recurrent ovarian cancer: Final survival results of a SWOG ph 111

Single agent carboplatin versus carboplatin plus pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in recurrent ovarian cancer: Final survival results of a SWOG (S0200) phase 3 randomized trial

"For currently unknown reasons, administering PLD with carboplatin appears to substantially reduce the incidence of platinum-associated hypersensitivity reactions."

Mutations in Cancer and Therapeutic Resistance: World Without End? -- AACR

Comparison of extended colectomy and limited resection in patients with Lynch syndrome

includes prophylactic (preventative) surgery

Guidelines for the management of ovarian cancer during pregnancy.

"If chemotherapy is indicated, we recommend delaying administration, if possible, until after the delivery or at least after 20 weeks in order to minimize the potential fetal toxicity".

Does the use of diagnostic PET/CT cause stage migration in patients with primary advanced ovarian cancer?

Note: It's unfortunate that early stages of ovarian cancers were not included in this study.

Patient Participation: Current Knowledge and Applicability to Patient Safety — Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Ovarian metastases from breast cancer

"Ovarian disease (cancer) was diagnosed at a median of 5 years after breast cancer. Seventy-five percent of patients were asymptomatic, and advanced-stage pelvic extent or extra-abdominal metastases were observed in 41.5% of patients. The median survival was 3 years..."

Safety Considerations and Potential Interactions of Vitamins: Should Vitamins Be Considered Drugs?

"...A, E, D can cause serious adverse events."

The Optimal Debulking after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Ovarian Cancer: Proposal Based on Interval Look During Upfront Surgery Setting Treatment -- Onda et al. 40 (1): 36 -- Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Under-treatment of cancer pain

Identifying novel autoantibody signatures in ovarian cancer

CONCLUSIONS: Protein microarrays are suitable for autoantibody discovery in ovarian cancer but the signatures are of low frequency.